My eyes are falling out!

Ahhhhh. Flowers and Trees and Pollen everywhere. I have never had too much of a problem with Allergies, but for some reason in the past week, it has beat me down. I am not much for doctors, but I am for feeling better. What do you think I should do.

Right now, I took one 24-hour (over the counter) Claritin D and eye drops.

It has been recommend that I go to see an allergist mainly because of the dramatic diversity of plant material, and things to be allergic to.

If you want different results in your life, you need to do different things than you have done in the past. Change is that simple.

A lot of us can probably relate to those red eyes and sinus headaches, etc. I use Clariton when it gets bad but I have to use eyedrops every day...I have found that Bausch & Lomb Opcon-A drops work great! If the over the counter stuff isn't cutting it, you'll probably need a script from an M.D.

My allergies flared up this week, especially the eyes. I gave up on Claritin a couple years ago, because it wasn't working consistently for me. Sometimes it helped, sometimes it didn't. So I toughed it out like I had last year, until I sneezed several times in front of a class the other day (which the students found entertaining--7th graders are easily amused little devils), and later a student said my red eyes made me look high. Now, Visine eye-drops are working for me (though I love the safety warning: "Accidental swallowing by infants and children may lead to coma and marked reductions in body temperature." Nothing I have to worry about, but still...) If the Claritin isn't helping after taking it for 3 or 4 days, I'd say go to the doctor.

You can join in the "muslim"-looking tradition that I engage in of kneeling on the floor with my forehead flat on a rug ... and squirting saline solution up my nose to physically wash away the coating of pollen on a daily basis. If you have ever heard of a "netti pot", washing the sinuses is a very old tradition (in yoga, I guess) and non-drug and highly effective.

I voted "take it like a man" because (as my earlier post indicated), I am pretty skeptical-for me-about the effectiveness of the drugs on the market. I would agree with Michelle-or at a minimum, take lots of showers and wash your face to reduce the pollen accumulation.

My biggest problem right now is none of the ancillary symptoms but asthma. I have that good ol' tight chest feeling a lot now. I hate albuterol

Well, I took Claritin D for two days.. (Fri and Sat) well I also learned that 3 glasses of wine and two beers is not a good thing (even if they are over a 7 hour time frame). Sunday Morning, I thought I was going to die. Not because of a hangover, but because of being severely dehydrated. But you know what, it cleared up my head, and my eyes today remain the correct color with the help of eye drops!

*I also know your deal with Asthma... I was hospitalized for a week when I was in HS... now I make sure I keep it under control. But I rather deal with Allergies than Asthma.

If you want different results in your life, you need to do different things than you have done in the past. Change is that simple.